Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Two employees were fighting when one of them threw hot grease on the other. The second employee suffered second- and third-degree burns and was hospitalized.

Two employees were in a trailer. A lit cigarette ignited gas that had leaked from a propane tank in the trailer, causing an explosion. Both employees suffered second-and third- degree burns to the hands, arms, and face.

An employee was helping to free a stuck shot tip and was struck by the automated ladling system. The molten metal caused second and third degree burns to his right shoulder, back, neck and face.

An employee installed a fuel pump on a customer’s car and was bleeding the air out of the fuel lines. When all of the air was bled out fuel started to spray out onto his face, chest, arm and hand. He jumped back to get away from the spraying fuel and the wrench he was […]

An employee was monitoring a dipping operation through an observation window on the closed door of a hot dip galvanizing kettle. Zinc spattered from the kettle, entering the top of the employee’s boot and causing a third-degree burn to his left heel. Personal protective equipment was being worn at the time of the incident, but […]

An employee was preparing to dispose of an old box of pyro-technics (known as stars), which required conducting a controlled burn. He dumped his box out onto the ground and a few stars rolled over to a hot area where a previous controlled burn had just occurred. The stars ignited, creating a chain reaction. The […]

An employee was loading a tanker truck with hot asphalt oil. The hose came loose and splashed the employee with hot asphalt oil causing third degree burns to the arms and legs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was investigating smoke coming from a 55-gallon drum of resin sitting on a heated rack. After investigating the smoke, he began walking away from the drum; it ignited, producing a ball of fire. He suffered second- or third-degree burns to the right side of his face, back, arm, and knee area. He was […]

An employee was using a power washer mounted on a flatbed truck to clean up a grease spill. When the employee started to add fuel to the power washer, a flash fire occurred and he received first degree burns to the face, second degree burns to the left forearm, and third degree burns to the […]

An employee was on the catwalk of a mixing plant at a completed well site. He was burned by a fire, centered on a forklift and a flowback tank that was releasing natural gas. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to his right hand and arm to the shoulder, his left hand, and his back […]